Found 2 items, similar to spastic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spastic
spastic
n : a person suffering from spastic paralysis
spastic
adj 1: relating to or characterized by spasm;
“a spastic colon”;
“spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral
palsy”
2: suffering from spastic paralysis;
“a spastic child”
3: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;
resembling a spasm;
“convulsive motions”;
“his body made a
spasmodic jerk”;
“spastic movements” [syn:
convulsive,
spasmodic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spastic
Spastic
\Spas"tic\, a. [L. spasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw: cf.
F. spastique. See
Spasm.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining
to tonic spasm; tetanic.
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